Lihue Hongwanji Mission

The Lihue Hongwanji Mission, near Lihue, Hawaii on Kauai, is a historic mission whose construction was started in 1901. It was a branch of the Honpa Hongwanji Mission of Hawaii. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.[1] It is significant as the oldest surviving Japanese Buddhist mission on Kauai; it "reinforced Japanese ties to the mother country by preserving the language, education and cultural foundations, of immigrant Japanese laborers." The Lihue Plantation Company supported its development as a way of indirectly maintaining social control. It included Sunday school classes but the Japanese language school gradually became the most important part of the mission.[2]

Lihue Hongwanji Mission
LocationNorth of Lihue at Hawaii Route 56, at 3-3556-A Kuhio Highway
Nearest cityLihue, Hawaii
Coordinates21°59′44″N 159°22′8″W
Area0.4 acres (0.16 ha)
Built1901
NRHP reference No.78001025[1]
Added to NRHPMarch 21, 1978

It is associated with Honpa Hongwanji Mission of Hawaii.

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Larry Miller and Robert Fox (1974). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Lihue Hongwanji Mission". National Park Service. and accompanying four photos from 1977
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